Remarks of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, On the Oregon Bill, And Also On the ...
Remarks of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, On the Oregon Bill, And Also On the ...
Samuel Shethar Phelps
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No, sir; the Wilmot proviso cannot be carried here. Digitized by Google 33 If I am right in these views, (and southern gentlemen can judge whether I am or not — they are aware I am addressing myself to objectors who agree with me in the general principles I advance,) I ask why should I have entered into an idle contest about a punctilio? For, with these views, the Wilmot proviso* is nothing but a punctilio. Its object is effected by other means. I pass now to the judicial power of the bill. And... here, sir, permit me to> advert to another objection, which has gone abroad in regard to this bill, equally unfounded. It has been said that this bill refers the matter to the Supreme Court, and that we have endeavored to escape responsibility by throwing our duty upon them. No greater mistake can be made. The bill refers nothing to- that court which falls within the constitutional power of Congress, nor any thing which does not belong to them independently of our action. This subject presents itself in two aspects.
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